Robert Weaver, 59, a Kenai resident and National Park Service employee, was last seen June 24, 2025 at the Doroshin Bay public use cabin on Skilak Lake. An experienced outdoorsman and veteran, he failed to return to work and an extensive multi-agency search followed.

Search teams from the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska State Troopers and the National Park Service used K9 units, helicopters, drones, rafts and boats. On June 28 a backpack matching Weaver’s was found in a log jam near the confluence of the Upper Kenai River and Skilak Lake, and on July 1 his 2004 silver Toyota 4Runner was located. No sign of Weaver himself was found and the active search was suspended July 4, 2025, with response efforts scaled back.

Family members remain distressed and have sought additional help; his mother asked for divers to search the lake and contacted political representatives. The circumstances of his disappearance and his final hours remain unresolved. Does anyone who was on Skilak Lake or near Doroshin Bay around June 24 have information that could help locate Robert?